Summary:
New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) India set a record on Friday by administering over two crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, in a major push to the inoculation drive on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi"s birthday.
The cumulative doses administered in the country reached 2,00,41,136 at 5.10 pm, according to data on the Co-WIN portal.
The total number of doses administered in the country has crossed 78.68 crore.
The daily vaccinations crossed the one-crore mark for the fourth time in less than a month.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said this is the fastest pace at which one crore doses have been administered.
"On PM @Narendra Modi Ji"s birthday, till 1:30 pm, the country has crossed the mark of 1 crore vaccines, the fastest so far, and we are continuously moving forward.